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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 3 4 444 4,755 788
2 Bell, Derrick 6 20 682 2,812 792
3 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 300 3,330 697
4 Rhode, Deborah L. 11 20 323 1,552 850
5 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 300 2,076 470
6 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 389 747 815
7 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 14 210 1,793 191
8 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 20 136 1,646 663
9 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 14 247 476 1,130
10 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 141 1,951 231
11 Edelman, Marc 9 10 262 254 1,108
12 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 284 394 797
13 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 16 169 1,336 451
14 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 151 1,400 382
15 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 24 10 2,191
16 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 22 7 2,154
17 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 75 2,032 98
18 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 169 215 1,066
19 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 250 742 147
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 14 89 925 772
21 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 113 846 703
22 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 6 14 152 1,213 178
23 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 16 148 821 532
24 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 135 1,191 242
25 Lawrence, Charles R. 5 11 144 1,205 158
26 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 152 240 941
27 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 8 235 169 536
28 Schauer, Frederick 6 11 166 583 488
29 Priest, George L. 3 5 141 1,169 82
30 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 156 934 183
31 Zirkel, Perry A. 5 14 131 586 599
32 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 166 569 436
33 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 3 11 75 1,433 54
34 Parker, Christine 2 3 18 25 1,575
35 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 6 13 121 750 390
36 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 133 1,023 73
37 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 5 4 166 150 663
38 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 165 515 330
39 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 4 194 36 585
40 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 105 816 298
41 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 84 1,153 92
42 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 86 768 407
43 Frank, Jerome 5 8 79 1,092 119
44 Guinier, Lani 4 9 123 802 141
45 Holden, John T. 7 2 165 6 617
46 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 112 816 161
47 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 97 611 374
48 Keet, Michaela 2 3 14 29 1,301
49 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 128 279 502
50 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 7 129 539 249
51 Cullen, Francis T. 4 7 42 126 1,026
52 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 12 106 609 259
53 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 87 703 257
54 Carrington, Paul D. 2 18 35 1,154 113
55 Black, Charles L. Jr. 2 5 73 923 120
56 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 30 1,059 184
57 Olivas, Michael A. 3 15 37 899 288
58 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 5 82 788 166
59 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 86 786 111
60 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 139 66 477
61 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 80 767 143
62 Tushnet, Mark V. 2 8 37 1,060 99
63 Kidder, William C. 6 11 88 513 319
64 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 67 894 72
65 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 175 51 279
66 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 158 97 316
67 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 3 5 84 694 151
68 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 57 355 580
69 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 211 15 111
70 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 90 662 134
71 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 82 489 277
72 McDougal, Myres S. 3 6 41 938 85
73 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 2 7 40 920 106
74 Ingber, Stanley 3 6 72 703 132
75 Greenawalt, Kent 4 10 62 721 162
76 Liu, Goodwin 5 8 99 462 194
77 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 105 484 139
78 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 10 127 309 172
79 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 64 388 423
80 Snidal, Duncan 2 2 105 477 138
81 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 65 548 265
82 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 7 47 568 335
83 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 6 8 91 550 128
84 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 4 7 143 156 211
85 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 76 553 177
86 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 26 280 653
87 Cramton, Roger C. 3 14 25 961 50
88 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 5 7 54 555 264
89 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 4 10 79 476 209
90 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 5 12 70 502 228
91 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 108 213 281
92 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 133 210 155
93 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 78 508 152
94 Hess, Gerald F. 6 10 72 494 188
95 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 109 272 192
96 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 5 2 105 24 430
97 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 63 584 136
98 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 109 141 298
99 Strossen, Nadine New York Law School 3 10 45 657 155
100 Mack, Julian W. 1 2 44 784 53